Harness-buckle



' no Model.)

w. c. AGNEW. v

HARNESS BUCKLE.

N0. 280,991; Patented July 10, 1883.

UNITE STATES WILLIAM G. AGNEW, or CBES'ION, ILLINOIS.

'. HARNESS- BUCKLE.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,991, dated July 10, 1883,

-Appiication filed January 2, 1883. (N0 model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIA G. Aernw, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oreston, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of harness-buckles wherein the movable and hinged tongue is dispensed with, and a rigid curved stud or pointed projection is used, in connection with loops, for securing the straps or harness; and the invention consists in the novel construction'of said buckle, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan or top view of the buckle with straps in place. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the buckle.-

A and A represent two longitudinal curved side bars or pieces, of metal, the curves described by said bars closely resembling the letter 8 in form. The forward and upper ends I of the curved barsA and A are united by a fiat cross-bar, B, which forms'an integral part of the curved bars A and A, by casting the same therewith, and the lower and rear end of said. buckle has a round cross-bar, O, uniting those ends in a similar manner as the forward and upper crossbar above described. In the center of these longitudinal curved bars A and A and equidistant from the cross-bars B and G is still another cross-bar, I), nearly square or diamond form, and also forming a part of and in-- tegral with the longitudinal bars, upon which rest the upper one of two straps, E and E, of which E is passed through the forward space between the cross-bars B and I) and rests on the cross-bar D, and fits snugly up underthe cross-bar B, and passes through loops G G,

while the other strap, E, which is double, is passed up through the space between the round cross-bar C and middle crossbar, D, and is held in place by said round cross-bar G and loops G G, through which it passes, also. The forward and upper fiat cross-bar, B, heretofore mentioned, has provided on its under side and midway between the ends thereof a curved and pointed stud or projection, F, the curve on said stud being in the same plane as the upper curves on the longitudinal bars A and A, for the purpose of fastening and holding the straps or harness, holes being made in the strap E at suitable distances apart for the reception of the stud F for buckling and securing the harness or straps together before being put to use.

The advantages of my buckle are that itdoes away with the use of a loose tongue, which, in using, very often gets out of place and makes it very inconvenient to buckle when there is not much time to be lost, while mine, being a fixture, is much more durable and more expediti ously buckled, andpresents, when buckled, a neat and compactly-fitting harness-buckle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 In a harness-buckle, the curved longitudinal bars A and A, curved as shown, with flat front cross-bar, B, provided on its under side with the curved and pointed stud F, said curve be ing in the same plane with the curves of the longitudinal bars A and A, and round bar 0 and square or diamond center bar, D, substair tially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. AGNEVV.

Witnesses ASA DIMON, B. KNAPP. 

